Month: September 2012

Police response times in NYC continue to grow

[caption id="attachment_2218" align="alignnone" width="600"] Photo courtesy 4everfitlife.com.[/caption]   The old expression "When seconds count, police are only minutes away!" holds truer today than ever before, especially in New York City. Today, in New York City, the average response time is about 4.6 minutes before police can arrive to shoot innocent…

The end of gun control: Wiki Weapon Project advances

[caption id="attachment_2211" align="alignnone" width="600"] Here's a "wiki weapon"... the receiver of this AR pistol was "printed" on a 3-D printer.[/caption]   In a move that will likely spell the end of gun control as we know it, a group is working with designers to put firearm designs into the public…

GREATEST GENERATION: First Marine Division Breakout survivor speaks

[caption id="attachment_1311" align="alignnone" width="380"] Gunnery Sergeant Carl Greenwood, USMC, Retired.[/caption]   Main Speaker Gunnery Sergeant Carl Greenwood, USMC, Retired Excerpted from the March 2012 issue of GunNews. The charismatic Korean War Veteran Gunnery Sergeant Carl Greenwood, USMC, Retired took the microphone as our main speaker. He started with a bit…

HEROES in Libya

[caption id="attachment_2205" align="alignnone" width="616"] Photo courtesy AP.[/caption]     New details are coming out about the two former US Navy SEALs who lost their lives in Libya last week. They were not and never were a part of the ambassador's security team, but were working on other issues. They did,…

Gun control FAIL: UK has highest violent crime in Europe

[caption id="attachment_2192" align="alignnone" width="468"] Great Britain's gun control is so Draconian that their Olympic shooting team had to leave the country to practice for their sport. It is a small price to pay for the crime-free society in the U.K., right?Graphic courtesy UK Daily Mail.[/caption]   The recent killings of…

101st Airborne ladies to get new female-sized body armor

  [caption id="attachment_2186" align="alignnone" width="602"] Spec. Arielle Mailloux gets some help adjusting her protoype Generation III Improved Outer Tactical Vest from Capt. Lindsey Pawlowski, Aug. 21, 2012. Both soldiers are with the 1st Brigade Combat Team Female Engagement Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). These prototypes designed specifically for the…